The first iPod did suck for a $399 product in 2001 dollars.
Really sad to see Apple not paying attention to one of the best products - Nano is pretty useless (compared to 5th gen), Touch didn't get any update, Classic is dead in Apple's eyes![]()
Nano is pretty useless (compared to 5th gen)
Same is true for me too. It's what led me to consider Mac again after about a 10 year absence.The iPod is what eventually got me back into the Mac fold.
Really sad to see Apple not paying attention to one of the best products - Nano is pretty useless (compared to 5th gen), Touch didn't get any update, Classic is dead in Apple's eyes![]()
Miss that design, how the buttons are arranged to resemble a speaker element is just lovely.
for me it's a sad day to have a click wheel,
it was simply, the best human interface ever.
i still prefer scroll rather than swipe...![]()
Technology moves on. The iPod lives on in the iPhone and iPad. Now that the iPhone is available on most carriers, fewer people need the iPod Touch (which evolved into a gaming machine).
Really sad to see Apple not paying attention to one of the best products - Nano is pretty useless (compared to 5th gen), Touch didn't get any update, Classic is dead in Apple's eyes![]()
The iPod failed IMO.
A £400 device without video.
WTF was Jobs on?
If the iPod hadn't dropped the price, FireWire requirement, and Mac exclusivity, then it wouldn't have taken off.
Tech moves forward, devices converge, etc.
Apple certainly paid attention to one of their best products. They turned it into the iPhone.
iPod sales have dropped for a reason. Not because of inattention. But because Apple superseded their own product. The iPhone flung the iPod into obsolescence. How many companies can claim that their current game-changer superseded their previous game-changer?
In other words: what can kill an Apple product? Another Apple product.
We're spoiled beyond belief.
The first iPod did suck for a $399 product in 2001 dollars.
How is it useless ? My 6th gen plays music just fine. I use it 5 days a week at the gym, never missed a beat (litterally). It clips right to my gym clothing, anywhere I want it (so it's not in the way of muscle groups I'm training and it's solidly fixed for cardio) and it holds so many songs at even just 8 GB that I couldn't possibly do a full run through in a single week of 2 hour gym sessions if I wanted.
The 5th gen nano would have been an hassle to use at the gym, hence why I was using my iPhone back then.